For Immediate Release: Friday, September 3, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today filed an amicus brief supporting federal laws restricting the commercial sale of handguns to people under 21. Attorney General Stein joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general arguing that these laws protect people from the harmful effects […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 31, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Shelly Phillips Bandy of Morehead City was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $374,809.92 in restitution jointly with her company, A Perfect Fit for You, […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 26, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today sued Mansa Travel Center Charlotte LLC, also known as Queen’s Market, for allegedly violating North Carolina’s price gouging law during the Colonial Pipeline shutdown and state of emergency in May. “This gas station wildly overpriced their gas […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 25, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of 23 attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reinstate a rule on disparate impact liability that would protect people from discrimination in housing. Along with Attorney General […]
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after the Criminal Justice Reform Bill (SB300) passed the North Carolina Senate. This legislation passed in the House earlier this month. The bill will now go to Gov. Roy Cooper for his signature. […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 20, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today encouraged the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) to make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law. By doing so, the ATF would dramatically reduce the availability of these unserialized, untraceable guns. “This […]
For Immediate Release: Friday, August 20, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today applauded a court decision in Napco v. Landmark that upholds the NC Abusive Patents Assertions Act, a 2014 North Carolina law designed to curb abusive practices by patent trolls, which are businesses that largely exist to bring patent […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 19, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 Ruben Matos Sentenced to 3 1/2 Years in Prison, Ordered to Pay Nearly $2 Million in Restitution (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein announced that Ruben Samuel Matos of Angier was sentenced to 42 months in prison and three years of supervised release for […]
For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 19, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) North Carolina’s price gouging law is in effect with Gov. Roy Cooper’s Wednesday declaration of a statewide state of emergency in response to the heavy rains and flooding that have impacted areas of western North Carolina over the past week. “Our hearts […]
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 Contact: Nazneen Ahmed (919) 716-0060 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today co-led a coalition of 31 attorneys general urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help stop the surge of young people getting addicted to nicotine by eliminating flavors in e-cigarette and oral nicotine products that appeal […]